Orica fined more than $750,000

THE NSW Land and Environment Court has ordered chemical giant Orica to pay more than $750,000 following a series of pollution incidents.

AAPJuly 28, 20147:37pm

CHEMICAL giant Orica has been hit with more than $750,000 in penalties for a series of pollution incidents, including the 2011 leakage of toxic hexavalent chromium near Newcastle.

THE Environment Protection Authority (EPA) said the total sum handed down by the Land and Environment Court on Monday was the "highest penalty" that has been handed down for a matter that it prosecuted.